Property Management Blog

I’m Property Manager Jen AKA PM Jen—landlord educator, real estate investor, and the no-BS voice behind Hold It With PM Jen. I’ve been managing rentals and building wealth through buy-and-hold real estate for over 20 years. I’m also the founder of One Focu...

Active VS Passive Real Estate- What is right for you? In today's video we are helping you to understand the big differences between active and passive real estate investing.  They are very different, but you get to choose how you invest.  Learn in the video if you a...

2022 Real estate trends affecting investors. Today we are bringing you the 4 top real estate trends we are advising our clients to pay attention to in 2022.  Increasing mortgage rates, inflation, government interference, and the blockchain all feature in the list.

Getting your property ready to rent? It's stressful, right? There are so many decisions, and every one of them costs you something — money, time, sanity, maybe all three. If you screw it up, you lose tenants, lose rent, or worse, you set yourself up for a mess later.Wha...

2022 is right around the corner, which means it is time to set our goals! My 2022 resolutions for landlords are just five items that if you put a little bit of effort you will see big rewards.  This is a list of SIMPLE things you need to make sure you do at least annually.

How healthy are your rental property investments? It is end of the year and time to evaluate how the last year has gone and what we will do differently next year.  Cassie Parker of Renter's Warehouse Hampton Roads and Jennifer Ruelens of One Focus Property Management get...

How to Buy a Rental Property Without Screwing It Up: A Straight-Talk 6-Step Guide Buying a rental property can be one of the best financial moves you ever make… or one of the worst, if you don’t know what you’re doing. Every day I work with landlords and future...

Avoiding landlord mistakes will save you money and frustration.  The trouble is, they are easily made without great guidance.  Let me be your teacher today and share with you the top five mistakes I see landlords making in 2021. Join the conversation with other Pennsylv...

I had the opportunity to tour Denver rental properties for three days. I share my key takeaways that can inform how rental property owners in smaller markets can differentiate their properties.  Denver is an example of a market with growth in population and real estate devel...

Today's video is leasing tips and tricks from the master! We interview our superstar leasing agent, Kristin Leet. Having a vacant unit is stressful.  Rental property is a perishable product.  That means that once this day goes by you can’t go back and ren...